Installing MySQL without root access
- by vinay
I am trying to install MySQL without root permissions. I ran through the following steps:
Download MySQL Community Server 5.5.8 Linux - Generic Compressed TAR Archive
Unpack it, for example to: /home/martin/mysql
Create a my.cnf file in your home directory. The file contents should be:
[server]
user=martin
basedir=/home/martin/mysql
datadir=/home/martin/sql_data
socket=/home/martin/socket
port=3666
Go to the /home/martin/mysql directory and execute:
./scripts/mysql_install_db --defaults-file=~/my.cnf --user=martin --basedir=/home/martin/mysql --datadir=/home/martin/sql_data --socket=/home/martin/socket
Your MySQL server is ready. Start it with this command:
./bin/mysqld_safe --defaults-file=~/my.cnf &
When I try to change the password of MySQL it gives the error:
Cannot connect to mysql server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'
How can I change this path and see whether the mysql.sock is created or not?
